diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 01967b26..80e5c674 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     env:
-      PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: ${{ secrets.PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL }}
+      PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: postgresql+pg8000://memgpt:memgpt@localhost:8888/memgpt
       OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
 
     timeout-minutes: 5
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Build and run container
+      run: bash db/run_postgres.sh
 
     - name: Set up Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -39,14 +43,15 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies using Poetry
       env:
-        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: ${{ secrets.PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL }}
+        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: postgresql+pg8000://memgpt:memgpt@localhost:8888/memgpt
+
         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
       run: |
         poetry install -E dev -E postgres -E local -E server
 
     - name: Set Poetry config
       env:
-        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: ${{ secrets.PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL }}
+        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: postgresql+pg8000://memgpt:memgpt@localhost:8888/memgpt
         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
       run: |
         poetry config virtualenvs.in-project false
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Run tests with pytest
       env:
-        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: ${{ secrets.PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL }}
+        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL: postgresql+pg8000://memgpt:memgpt@localhost:8888/memgpt
         OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}
       run: |
-        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL=${{ secrets.PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL }} OPENAI_API_KEY=${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }} poetry run pytest -s -vv tests
+        PGVECTOR_TEST_DB_URL=postgresql+pg8000://memgpt:memgpt@localhost:8888/memgpt OPENAI_API_KEY=${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }} poetry run pytest -s -vv tests
diff --git a/db/run_postgres.sh b/db/run_postgres.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65021938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/run_postgres.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# build container
+docker build -f db/Dockerfile.simple -t pg-test .
+
+# run container
+docker run -d --rm \
+   --name memgpt-db-test \
+   -p 8888:5432 \
+   -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password \
+   -v memgpt_db_test:/var/lib/postgresql/data \
+    pg-test:latest